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NASA’s IXPE has just revealed the hidden geometry of a white dwarf’s cosmic feeding frenzy—using X-rays to see what no ...

Steward Observatory’s long running Public Lecture series aims to make the complex field of Astronomy accessible to everyone.

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When someone takes a shower at a new apartment complex in Washington, D.C., the water is heated in part by a brewery ...

Of the three forecasters, Brune might be the most accurate. As for our energy sources being safe, secure, and sustainable, he ...

Clear out your shelves for a bumper new crop of books by authors including Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit and Xand Van Tulleken, ...

Big sci-fi adaptations are suddenly everywhere again. Every few years, Hollywood remembers just how good sci-fi novels really ...

In August 2026, a total solar eclipse will be visible over parts of Spain, Portugal, and a large chunk of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. These cruises will take you into the path of totality.

The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space telescopes and orbiters have been documenting the rare visit. A mysterious ...

New measurements of radio galaxies reveal that the solar system is racing through the universe at over three times the speed predicted by standard cosmology. Using highly sensitive data from multiple ...